APC	antigen-presenting cell
BCG	bacillus Calmette-Guérin
CFA	complete Freund’s adjuvant
DC	dendritic cell
DCM	dilated cardiomyopathy
+dP/dt	maximum rates of left ventricular pressure development
−dP/dt	minimum rates of left ventricular pressure development
EAM	experimental autoimmune myocarditis
FS	fractional shortening
H&E	hematoxylin and eosin
LV	left ventricular
LVDd	left ventricular diastolic dimension
LVDs	left ventricular systolic dimension
MyHCα	myosin heavy chain-α
rBCG	recombinant bacillus Calmette-Guérin
rBCG-MyHCα	rBCG expressing a CD4+ T-cell epitope of myosin heavy chain-α
rBCG-pSO246	empty plasmid (pSO246)-electroporated rBCG
Th	T helper
TN-C	tenascin-C